Laughing about all the people who solemnly declared last night "This one feels different" -- yeah, just like the ten thousand previous ones that "felt different." It's been the same crap since June 2015 and they never, ever learn

Yeah if I’m reading this correctly I’m in the same boat. There is a mountain of evidence of pretty reprehensible conduct in the public sphere already. It is next to impossible for me to imagine anything in a Mueller report that will move the needle for either side.

I think it’s pretty fair in this circumstance to consider that Trump’s administration openly supported separating children from their parents as a deterrent to crossing the border. I’m not aware that any other administration took that stance even if it occasionally happened before.

i think i misread your statement. you mean get through a spending bill without wall funding in a short window while he has political cover to allow the government to reopen. i was reading it as somehow coerce the house to pass a bill with wall funding.

My theory is a lot simpler. Trump is a greedy idiot who surrounds himself with greedy idiots and Putin/Russia exploited that to raise Russia’s status on the world stage while simultaneously lowering America’s.

Frank is a good coach, and you really can expect improvement in his teams throughout the year, but it’s not like a win over Vandy constitutes some kind of turning point. They got a long season ahead still.

the state of the union speech is stupid and the president's report should always be written anyhow. hopefully trump chooses written rather than delayed.

I think the SOTU is a great tradition. I do wish Trump would ditch the TelePrompter and just be Trump. I mean, is there anything worse than listening to Trump read stuff he didn't write in that monotone, boring, slooow voice sanitized of Trumpisms? Probably, but it's bad is all I'm saying. One of Trump's silver linings is when he talks and boasts and rants like Trump.

Trump is only willing to “be Trump” when he has an audience completely devoted to him. There is no way he could handle an even semi hostile audience without a prompter or the option to quickly leave.

Hostile audience? Have you ever seen him handle a press conference? He loves that crap. I love watching it. It's a thing to behold.

the state of the union speech is stupid and the president's report should always be written anyhow. hopefully trump chooses written rather than delayed.

I think the SOTU is a great tradition. I do wish Trump would ditch the TelePrompter and just be Trump. I mean, is there anything worse than listening to Trump read stuff he didn't write in that monotone, boring, slooow voice sanitized of Trumpisms? Probably, but it's bad is all I'm saying. One of Trump's silver linings is when he talks and boasts and rants like Trump.

Trump is only willing to “be Trump” when he has an audience completely devoted to him. There is no way he could handle an even semi hostile audience without a prompter or the option to quickly leave.